Assessment of regional aerosol radiative effects under the SWAAMI campaign – Part 2: Clear-sky direct shortwave radiative forcing using multi-year assimilated data over the Indian subcontinent

Pathak, Harshavardhana Sunil; Satheesh, Sreedharan Krishnakumari; Moorthy, Krishnaswamy Krishna; Nanjundiah, Ravi Shankar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14237-2020

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23 Nov 2020

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Assessment of regional aerosol radiative effects under the SWAAMI campaign – Part 2: Clear-sky direct shortwave radiative forcing using multi-year assimilated data over the Indian subcontinent

Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, and Ravi Shankar Nanjundiah

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SC1: 'acp-2020-454', CBS DUTT, 30 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to short comment from Dr, CBS Dutt', Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, 30 Aug 2020
RC1: 'Referee comments_acp-2020-454', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Response to comments from Anonymous Referee -1', Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, 30 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript titled “Assessment of Regional Aerosol Radiative Effects under SWAAMI Campaign – PART 2: Clear-sky Direct Shortwave Radiative Forcing using Multi-year Assimilated Data” by Pathak et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to comments from Anonymous Referee - 2', Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, 30 Aug 2020

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ED: Publish as is (11 Sep 2020) by B.V. Krishna Murthy

Short summary

We have estimated the aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) by employing the assimilated, gridded aerosol datasets over the Indian region. The present ARF estimates are more accurate and certain than those estimated using the currently available, latest satellite-retrieved aerosol products. Therefore, the present ARF estimates and corresponding assimilated aerosol products emerge as potential candidates for improving the aerosol climate impact assessment at regional, subregional and seasonal scales.